'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
The Federal Election Commission wasn't always so dysfunctional.
This year's political campaigns are saturated with money, yet the Federal Election Commission, the watchdog on all the raising and spending, is issuing fewer warnings and completing fewer audits — and even when it does issue fines, political committees routinely don't bother to pay.
"The problem with that is it's not up to the commissioners of a regulatory agency to revisit interpretation of the law," he said.
In some ways, the heightened party discipline mirrors that in Congress, Mr. Noble said.
